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In the last two years there has been a dizzying amount of discussion about eviction, termination, homelessness, relocation assistance, and many...

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The Washington State Legislature is entering a new phase of the legislative process as it moves rapidly towards concluding its 60-day session. The...

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On February 10, the Seattle City Council took the unprecedented step of banning eviction for “Winter Months”. While there were many...

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An interesting op-ed ran last week in The Lens focused on the risks which Just Cause laws pose to neighbors and other risks, from the perspective of...

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STATEWIDE MANDATORY LEASE RENEWAL BILL - JUST CAUSE APPLIED TO FIXED TERM LEASES! On Friday, January 24, the House of Representatives will hold...

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On January 13, RHAWA’s government affairs team began again the critical venture of advocating on behalf of private housing providers at the...

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As an RHAWA member, you now have exclusive rights to use our new ONDEMAND learning platform. Launched in November, the platform is already populated...

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What happens when your tenants default on the rent? You have to file for eviction and lose many months of rent. Unless you get rent default...

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Nobody should be without a safe place to stay during the winter – or any time of year. Evictions are a last resort for housing providers...

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For most small housing providers, the policies passed by our state legislature in 2019 felt like an assault on the very idea of rental property...

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As a landlord, you always like to imagine a best-case scenario where all of your tenants are completely ideal. You dream of the tenant who always...

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Seattle’s “First in Time” ordinance is coming back and may be in effect by the time you are reading this article. As its title...

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